Old children’s television shows such as Rainbow, Press Gang and Count Duckula will be shown over two days to celebrate the 30th anniversary of CITV.

The programmes, which also include Super Gran, The Tomorrow People and Art Attack, will be broadcast on CITV’s Old Skool Weekend of January 5 and 6.

A documentary about the history of CITV is also to be shown.

Jamila Metran, CITV’s head of programming, said: ‘We are very proud of CITV’s heritage and look forward to bringing back all the old favourites for this one-off, not-to-be-missed event and show the kids what their parents watched when they were young.’

Classic kids’ show Art Attack will also be shown (Picture: ITV)

Children’s Ward will also feature in the list of classics, a show which helped launch the careers of writers Russell T Davies and Paul Abbott.

First airing in the 1970s, puppet show Rainbow was conceived as a British equivalent to Sesame Street, while Art Attack became popular in the nineties for its free-flowing approach to art and famous ‘big Art Attacks’.